DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.039
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84941103865
论文题名: Protective functions and ecosystem services of global forests in the past quarter-century
作者: Miura S. ; Amacher M. ; Hofer T. ; San-Miguel-Ayanz J. ; Ernawati ; Thackway R.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 352 起始页码: 35
结束页码: 46
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Criteria
; Ecosystem value
; Forest conservation
; Indicator
; Multiple functions
; Sustainable forest management
Scopus关键词: Conservation
; Ecology
; Economic and social effects
; Ecosystems
; Flood control
; Indicators (instruments)
; Soils
; Water resources
; Criteria
; Ecosystem services
; Forest conservation
; Multiple function
; Peak distribution
; Protective function
; Russian federation
; Sustainable forest management
; Forestry
; ecosystem service
; environmental protection
; environmental values
; forest management
; forest resource
; protected area
; socioeconomic impact
; sustainability
; Ecosystems
; Floods
; Forests
; Water Resources
; Australia
; Canada
; China
; Kenya
; Russian Federation
英文摘要: The world's forests provide fundamental protection of soil and water resources as well as multiple ecosystem services and cultural or spiritual values. We summarized the FRA 2015 data for protective functions and ecosystem services, and analyzed increasing or decreasing trends of protective areas. The global forest area managed for protection of soil and water was 1.002. billion. ha as of 2015, which was 25.1% of all global forested areas. Protective forests have increased by 0.181. billion. ha over the past 25. years mainly because more countries are now reporting protective forest areas (139 in 2015 vs 114 in 1990). However, average percentage of designated for protective forests did not change significantly from 1990 to 2015. Global forest area managed for ecosystem services is also now at 25.4% of global total forest area and has changed little over the past 25. years. Among the twelve categories of protective forests, flood control, public recreation, and cultural services increased both in terms of percentage of total forest area and the number of reporting countries. Public awareness of the importance of forest resources for functions and services other than production continues to increase as evidenced by the increase of protective forest designations and reporting in many countries. Percentages of total forest area designated for both protective forests and ecosystem services show a dual-peak distribution of numbers of countries concentrated at 0% and 100%. This suggests a socio-economic influence for the designations. We examined five case study countries (Australia, Canada, China, Kenya, and Russia). The most dramatic changes in the past 25. years have been in China where protective forests for soil and water resources increased from about 12% to 28% of forest area. The Russian Federation has also increased percentages of forest area devoted to soil and water resource protection and delivery of ecosystem services. Australia is now reporting in more protective forest categories whereas Kenya and Canada changed little. These five countries have their own classification of forest functions and recalculation methods of reporting for FRA 2015 were different. This demonstrates the difficulty in establishing a universal common designation scheme for multi-functions of forest. Production of more accurate assessments by further improvements in the reporting framework and data quality would help advance the value of FRA as the unique global database for forest functions integrated between forest ecosystems and social sciences. © 2015. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65372
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作者单位: Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Logan Forestry Sciences Lab, Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service, 860 N 1200 E, Logan, UT, United States; Watershed Management and Mountains, Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy; Unit Forest Resources and Climate, DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Via Fermi 2749, Ispra, Italy; Data and Information of Forest Management Unit and Land Preparation at Forestry, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia; Planning and Environmental Management, School of Geography, University of Queensland, Brisbane St Lucia, QLD, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Miura S.,Amacher M.,Hofer T.,et al. Protective functions and ecosystem services of global forests in the past quarter-century[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,352